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Lowfat Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken Chili
This is a wonderful warm dish for a cold winter night; it is great served over a 1/2 cup of brown rice, which increases the points value by 2.

Serves 4

Ingredients

Qty Unit Ingredient
1 lb Chicken tenders, cut crosswise into 1/2 inch pieces
3/4 lb Poblano chile peppers
1 Can Salsa verde - 7 oz fat free
3 Turkey bacon slices - chopped
4 C Kale, chopped
1 Zucchini - large, diced
1 Scallion bunch - sliced
1 Can Kidney beans - 19 oz. white, rinsed and drained
1 Can Chicken broth - 14.5 oz reduced sodium
3 Garlic cloves, chopped
2 Tsp Sugar
2 Tsp Cumin seeds, crushed
2 Tsp Oregano, dried
3/4 Tsp Thyme, dried
1/2 Tsp Pepper - ground white
2 Tb Cornmeal
1/4 C Yogurt - plain low fat


Instructions

Preheat a broiler, and line a baking sheet with foil. Place peppers on the baking sheet, broiling 5 inches from the heat. Turn often with tongs until the skins blister, about 15 minutes. Wrap peppers in foil, letting them steam for 15 minutes. When they cool enough to be handled, peel, discarding the seeds. Cut them into 2 1/2 inch pieces. Add the peppers to a 6 quart slow cooker. Add salsa to slow cooker, reserving 4 teaspoons in a bowl set aside. Add chicken, bacon, kale, zucchini, scallions, beans, broth, garlic, sugar, cumin seeds, oregano , thyme, and white pepper to the slow cooker, mixing well. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours or on high 4 to 5 hours, until chicken and vegetables are tender. About 20 minutes before the cooking time is up, slowly stir the cornmeal to the slow cooker, cooking on high until it thickens, about 15 minutes. Serve with reserved salsa and yogurt.

Nutritional information per serving (2 cups chili with 1 tablespoon yogurt and 1 teaspoon salsa): 379 Cal, 5 g Fat, 1 g Sat Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 71 mg Chol, 802 mg Sod, 47 g Carb, 10 g Fib, 38 g Prot, 196 mg Calc. Light points: 7